Analysis of computational problems expressing the overall uncertainties: Photons, neutrons and electrons

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-23

  De Carlan, Loïc ^a   Price, Robert ^b   Chartier, J L Jean Louis ^c   Kodeli, Ivan ^d   Siebert, Bernd ^e   Henninger, Jurgen ^f   Posselt, Jonas ^f   Gualdrini, Gianfranco ^g   Agosteo, Stefano ^h,i   Bedogni, Roberto ^j   Bordy, Jean Marc ^a   Cassette, Philippe ^a   Ferrari, Paolo ^g   Gomez Ros, Jose Maria ^k   Großwendt, Bernd ^e   Lacoste, Véronique ^l   Pola, Andrea ^c   Rollet, Sofia ^m   Schultz, Franck ⁿ   Simakov, S P ^o   Tanner, Rick ^p   Terrissol, Michel ^q   Zankl, Maria ^r   more..

^a DIF   (France)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS)   (Germany)

^d IAEA/NEA Data Bank   (France)

^e PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g ENEA   (Italy)

^h POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

ⁱ INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^j INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^k CIEMAT   (Spain)

^l INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^m ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

ⁿ DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^o KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^p PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^r INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; IRON; MANGANESE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEUTRON; PHOTON; RADIATION DETECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MANGANESE; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 56349114433     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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